Product Manager Lubricants (w/m/x)

About

The IMCD Group is a global leader in the distribution, formulation, and solution provision of specialty chemicals and ingredients. With a global network of industry experts, IMCD offers market-oriented solutions to its suppliers and customers in the EMEA, Americas, and Asia-Pacific regions, along with a comprehensive product portfolio and innovative formulations for Home Care and I&I, Beauty & Personal Care, Food & Nutrition, and Pharmaceuticals, as well as Lubricants & Energy, Coatings & Construction, Advanced Materials, and Industrial Solutions.

In 2025, the IMCD Group, headquartered in Rotterdam, achieved a turnover of 4,779 million Euros with over 5,200 employees in over 60 countries across six continents.

IMCD Germany opened its headquarters in Cologne in 1996 as one of the first subsidiaries. This is complemented by a strategic location in Hamburg. Around 270 experts currently work throughout Germany on new solutions for the success of our business partners.

The Position

As a Product Manager in the Industrial Solutions, Lubricants & Energy Business Unit, you will be responsible for supplier and product management, particularly in the Lubricants sector. You will build strong relationships with our suppliers and play a key role in our growth. Acting as a liaison between suppliers and our Sales Team, you will ensure the transfer of technical know-how, making a valuable contribution to our team and Business Unit. You will also be significantly involved in marketing activities. As part of IMCD Germany, you will have the opportunity to make a difference, working closely with international Product Managers and our global Business Groups to actively shape our product portfolio.

Your Tasks and Responsibilities

• Maintaining contact with existing suppliers, negotiating purchasing prices and conditions, and planning volumes, margins, and deliveries.
• Exchanging information and coordinating with the international Product Management Team, the global Business Group, the Sales Team, and our customers.
• Monitoring trends, markets, and competitors, including creating market studies and marketing plans.
• Supporting strategic projects and business development in coordination with the Sales Team.
• Acquiring and integrating new suppliers to expand the product portfolio and take over new products and customers for active management.
• Successfully introducing new products from existing suppliers into active management.
• Acting as a liaison and knowledge transfer point between international raw material producers and our sales team.
• Creating budgets and forecasts, and performing actual vs. target control.
• Managing profitability and optimizing inventory levels.

What You Bring

• A completed degree in a technical, scientific, or commercial field, or a comparable qualification.
• Many years of professional experience in sales, purchasing, or product management within the chemical raw materials/specialty chemicals sector for industrial applications, ideally in lubricants.
• Enjoyment of contact and negotiation with suppliers, along with strong teamwork skills.
• A "hunter" mentality with the drive to achieve and exceed goals.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, as well as persuasive ability.
• High commitment and initiative, an independent and structured way of working, and a solution-oriented approach.
• An affinity for actively supporting digitalization processes.
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills.
• Enjoyment of travel within Germany and occasionally within Europe.

What We Offer

• Collaboration in a competent and collegial team with flat hierarchies.
• An attractive and modern workplace in the heart of Cologne or Hamburg.
• Mobility subsidy (Deutschlandticket, travel cost subsidy, or parking space).
• Flexible working hours with opportunities for mobile working.
• Modern IT equipment (company mobile phone and laptop, as well as equipment for mobile working).
• 38.5-hour week (for full-time) and 30 days of vacation.
• Diverse training opportunities and a performance-fostering corporate culture.
• Promotion of cross-departmental acquaintance with colleagues (regular employee and team events).
• Capital-forming benefits and an attractive subsidy for company pension plans.
• Monthly tax-free benefit as a voucher (50.00€) or Urban Sports Club membership M.

Interested?

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Apply directly through our career portal with your CV and relevant degree and employment certificates.

For questions regarding this position, please contact Julia Tomicic at 0221 7765 302 or Helena Geschier at 0221 7765 334.

IMCD Deutschland GmbH – Human Resources – Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 41-45 – 50668 Köln – www.imcdgroup.com